Where does “valssipari” come from?
valssipari (Finnish) comes from Finnish valssi, from Russian вальс, from French valse, from German Walzer, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
valssipari (Finnish): pair of rolls
Definitions
- pair of rolls
Ancestry of “valssipari”, step by step
valssipari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valssi | waltz; roll |
| 2 | Russian | вальс | waltz |
| 3 | French | valse | waltz; inflection of valser: ##... |
| 4 | German | Walzer | waltz |
| 5 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 6 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 9 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Finnish pari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pari | couple, pair; partner; battery cell |
| 2 | Swedish | par | a pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are... |
| 3 | English | peer | To look with difficulty, or as if searching for... |
| 4 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 5 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 6 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 7 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 8 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 10 | Latin | pissio | I piss |